Color Scheme Paintings 2.0

Sixth grade artists recently studied color schemes (warm, cool, monochromatic, complimentary) and landscape art. Then we painted original landscapes using one color scheme. Check them out:

Color Scheme Landscape Paintings

To finish our unit on color theory, sixth graders created landscape paintings using one of the 4 color schemes we have discussed. Students could choose to create a warm, cool, monochromatic, or complimentary color scheme. After discussing landscapes and color, the students were set loose to come up with their own design and color combinations. We had a lot of really great paintings (cool colors were a popular choice). Check out the great work.

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Monochromatic 

 

 

Complimentary

 

Positive/Negative Space Still Lifes

 For this project we discussed the difference between positive and negative space in 2D artwork. Positive space is comprised of the space taken up by something in a work of art, and negative space is all of the area surrounding that space. To explore space, students composed still lifes and took pictures of them using digital cameras. Then we used the images we took as reference for a drawing. In order to think about the relationship between positive and negative space we flipped the common order of a work of art, and left the positive space blank and put a lot of detail work in the background. This is one of my favorite projects, and I think this batch turned out excellent.